JOSEPH v. PATTERSON

No. 84-1332.

795 F.2d 549 (1986)

Lawrence E. JOSEPH and R. Frank Joseph, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. L. Brooks PATTERSON, Richard Thompson, David Case, individually and in their capacities as Oakland County Prosecutors; James A'Hearn and Robert Leon, individually and in their capacities as members of the Oakland County Prosecutor Office Investigation Division and/or of the Oakland County Organized Crime Strike Force; Jointly and Severally, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided July 2, 1986.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied August 19, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hugh M. Davis, Jr. (argued), Detroit, Mich., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Janice G. Hildenbrand (argued), Southfield, Mich., Ronald Holton, Troy, Mich., for defendants-appellees.

Before JONES and NELSON, Circuit Judges and PECK, Senior Circuit Judge.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied August 19, 1986.

JOHN W. PECK, Senior Circuit Judge.

Lawrence and R. Frank Joseph appeal the district court's dismissal of their complaint pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6) for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. The Josephs brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against three county prosecutors and two investigators employed by the county prosecutor's office for alleged civil rights violations...

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